WASHINGTON.
(AP) — Superfortresses returned to Japan Monday, less than 24 hours after striking
the heaviest aerial blow of the war against the empire in fire raids on four
Important industrial centers.

The new
raid, carried out by a medium force of about 60 B-29s, was directed against
industrial plants
at Shimotnu, south of Osaka, on the main Japanese home Island of Honshu.

* * *

By Leif
Erickson

GUAM,(U.P)The greatest flood of fire ever unleashed in
warfare leaped through four of Japan's important industrial centers Monday, bursting
from a record 4,000 tons of incendiary bombs.

Nearly 600 Superfortresses—arecord number over Japan at one time—shoveled
down the fire bombs with 'good to excellent results."

Other aerial blows by smaller
planes harassed the enemy from Java to Japan's inland sea, sinking: or damaging
26 ships and crippling airfields and supply bases

The B-29s, in their biggest
attack of the war struck before dawn at these targets—all fire-bombed for the
first time.

KURE—Greatest
naval base and shipyard on the Inland sea ,a city of 275,000 about 200 miles
west of Osaka on the southern coast of Honshu.

SHIMONOSEKI —
Vulnerable bottleneck of rail transportation at the western entrance to the
inland sea, the city of 196.000 served as the embarkation point for troops and
supplies moving to Korea and north China.

KUMAMOTO
—
Transportation, commercial and military-training center, city of 210,000, it
was one of the most important industrially in western Kyushu.

UBE—Major
coal-producing center and top magnesium maker of the empire lies 25 miles east
of Shimonoseki near southwestern tip of Honshu.

Full
Observation Obscurred

Returning crewmen said cloud cover
prevented full observation of results at all targets except Ube, which was hit
by the 313th wing based on Tinian. Pilots said the whole Ube waterfrort was
ablaze with the Superforts firebomb loads well-placed within industrial areas of the city

Troops
Dedicate

Pyle
Monument

IE SHIMA, Ryukyu Islands, July 1---

—Soldiers of the 77th infantry
division dedicated a monument Monday to Ernie Pyle on the spot where he was
killed by a Japanese sniper bullet April 18. The concrete monument, replacing a
painted board sign which was erected at the time of the correspondent's death,
bears twobrass plaques made from shell
casings.

One contains the statue of
liberty shoulder patch design of the 77th, the other reads:

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December 7, 1941 had a great impact on E. T. and others that remember the attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to the attack, many of us were reporting on Current Events that led up to the outbreak of World War II, September 6, 1939. E. T. was 15 years old and living in Ellensburg Washington. The impact was profound, we lost acquaintances and friends in the attack that President Roosevelt referred to as a “DAY OF INFAMY'.
These events which were “Current Events” in 1942 to 1946 have been preserved by
“Access NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE”; E. T. is presenting copies of these files to generate an interest in our past history that should not be forgotten.
Lives were changed as America was forced into the conflict; my older brother and many of his friends were drafted or enlisted in the Military services and E. T. served in the U. S. Maritime Service and Merchant Marine on three ships during the conflict.